RTE France is seeking for contractors who will undertake geotechnical and geophysical studies of the seabed prior to the installation of high voltage subsea cables connecting offshore wind farms to land. This includes seabed geotechnical studies to a depth up to about 5-6 m. Works could require geot
QinetiQ GRC naval architects in combination with their Paramarine software are working with QED Naval Ltd in the development of a marine platform (Subhub) that can transport, install, anchor and maintain wave and tidal turbines through life. This will bring major cost and time advantages to tidal tu
Transocean Ltd. announced that it has reached an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice to resolve certain outstanding civil and potential criminal claims against the company arising from the April 20, 2010, accident involving the Deepwater Horizon in the Gulf of Mexico. As part of this resol
Petrobras has discovered a new post-salt oil reservoir in the ultra-deep waters of the Campos Basin. The discovery was made at well 4-MLS-105D-RJS, informally known as Mandarim and located in the Marlim Sul field at a water depth of 1,874 meters, 126 km off the coast of Rio de Janeiro state. The acc
Subsea 7 S.A. announced the award of a contract valued at approximately US$300 million from Dana Petroleum, for the provision of subsea EPIC services in support of their Western Isles development project. The contract scope includes the engineering, procurement, construction and installation of two
FMC Technologies, Inc. announced that it has received a subsea equipment order from LLOG Exploration Company, LLC (LLOG Exploration) for their Delta House project. The order has an estimated value of $114 million in revenue. The project is located in the Gulf of Mexico Mississippi Canyon area in wat
61st UNB-OMG / UNH-CCOM Multibeam Sonar Training Course will take place in New Orleans, from January 7 to 12, 2013. This course will provide an overview of: – The technology and problems associated with shallow water multibeam surveys; – Processing and visualisation techniques designed to address th
Siem Offshore has sold the Multi Role Service Vessel (MRSV) Seven Sisters to Subsea 7. The prize is USD 84 million. The vessel is scheduled for delivery in March 2013. The sales proceeds will be allocated to repayment of mortgage debt of approximately USD 38 million and to fund equity investments in
By comparing reconstructions of atmospheric CO2 concentrations and sea level over the past 40 million years, researchers based at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton have found that greenhouse gas concentrations similar to the present (almost 400 parts per million) were systematically asso
After receiving the Federal Government approval, Grant District Council is now awaiting approvals from the State Government to build the world’s first 1MW wave energy converter off the coast of Port MacDonnell later this year, Border Watch informs. According to Grant District Mayor Richard Sage, the
Professor Peter Fraenkel, the Marine Current Turbines co-founder and until recently its Technical Director, has been awarded an MBE in the New Year Honours List for his services to the UK marine energy industry. Peter has taken a prominent role in the development of tidal current energy for (more th
Karoon Gas Australia Ltd advises that at 06:00 hours (WST) today, Zephyros-1 was drilling out cement at the 13-3/8” casing shoe in preparation for drilling ahead in the 12-1/4” hole section. As previously announced, the 13-3/8” casing shoe was set and cemented at 2691m. Since the last report, mechan
Petrobras announces that FPSO Cidade de Itajaí arrived, on the morning of Dec. 29, at its definitive location to be integrated to the Baúna and Piracaba field production system, which is in the Santos basin post-salt area. Chartered from OOG-TKP (the consortium formed by Odebrecht Óleo e Gás & Teeka
The first wave energy converter (WEC) devices may now by deployed at the Wave Hub test site following approval by the Marine Management Organisation (MMO). The MMO has announced it has approved an application from OceanEnergy Ltd to deploy and test an OEB35 OceanEnergy buoy WEC for a period of up to
